Railway-car-runway construction



April 22, 1930.

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RAILWAY CAR RUNWAY CONSTRUCTION Filed Jan. 12, 1929 3 Sheets-Sheet l r In vento s MMEQC'QZZ M A iiorney April 22, 1930. w CQE ET AL 1,755,241

RAILWAY CAR RUNWAY CONSTRUCTION April 22-, 1930. .R. w. am ET AL RAILWAY CAR RUNWAY CONSTRUCTION Filed Jan. 12, 1929 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 jfimifiae'ozz Attorney Patented Apr, 22, 1 5930 UNITED 1ST AEFFSI :P TJE- r o -FIc-E -w D Mma ieecoin Q M FLoRmAf RAILWAY-CAIt-BUNWAY CONSTRUCTION gApp lic'ationfiled January, 12,1929. Seria1 No. 332,117.

The present invention relatesto railways such as are used on top of freight cars and the" prime object of the invention resides-in; i the provision of a structure of thisnature' wherein the parts may be easily and quickly assembled andfdisassenibled thereby allowing repair to be accomplished in an economical manner; c

Another very important object of the in-' vention resides in the provision of a runway of this nature whichis simple'in its construction, strong and durable, inexpensive to manufacture, thoroughly efficient and reliable inv use, and otherwise well adapted to the purpose'for which it is designe r With the above and numerous other objects in viewjas will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, and in the comb-ination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings: i a Y Figure 1 isa top plan View of a freight car with our runway thereon showing parts in 7 section,

Figure? is a side elevation thereof,

Figure. 3 is an end elevationthereof,

Figure 4 is a fragmentary enlarged longitudinal section taken substantially on the line 44 of Figure 1, 1

Figure 5 is an enlarged detail transverse section taken substantially on the line 5-5 of Figure 1, Figure 6 is an enlarged section taken substantially on the line '66 of Figure 1, i 'i Figure 7 is a perspective viewiof one of the cap plates, l p f Figure Sis a fragmentary perspective view showing the center of one of the boards,

Figure 9 is a perspective view of one of the brackets, and

Figure 10 isa fragmentary perspectiveshowing one end of one of the boards.

Referring to the drawing in detail it will be seen that the numeral 5 denotes the roof ofa freight car which has arranged transversely'thereon a plurality'of running board supporting brackets Aland B. The brackets A are adapted to support the ends of the plates C'-;to the brackets B. Special end brackets D support detail transverse I rgsid of-t ti dares boardscwhile the brackets vB termediacies thereof/ Eachbracket A comprises an elongatedtop plate 6 "with depending end legs merging into outwardly ,directed spaced ears 8.

"Spacedears 8 are secured to theroofb; bysiuitablepfastening; elements F 9. ,The upper; sur

face of the platefi lSfOlllld :with pockets. 10 I tor-receive the ends 11 of running boards'lQ, said ends 11 being reduced: so (that capplates (1 may belfastened thereover fiush with the boards. c ,These cap plates C include elongated top plates 14,..with depending legs l5,fastened to thelegs 'Z bysuitable fastening elements16. Each bracket 1 B, comprises an elongated top plate 17 with depending end legs .18 merging into outwardly directed base ears 19' secured tothe. roof, 5. bysuitable fastening elements; 20. Cap plates O are identical-..with'eap plates C and'hold-the boards on the brackets B and; the centers 1016 the boards are recessed as is, indicated at Ql-sothat the cap plates C willflbe flush with the boards. Fastening-l elements 16'' "secure the cap I the outer ends of the end running board; rEach bracke t inrzlrides a horizontal plate iportion' me e'inginto downw d ynd ide y 1 n c li'nedgplate''portion26;v The extremity of the plate portion 2L1mergesinto a leg-27; depending." therefrom I and. this leg ,7 in turn merges into an outwardly directed base rear flfhe e gtensionor,cinclined fplate- 26 merges a into 'a leg 3Q 'whiclris'j.su itably fixed to the plate 25 18 formed with xtensf a 1110f thejboards' ,12 support here'by A p ialbracket:F 'is,disposed alo ngsideflof th he! c a The plate 26 h'a'sa'n overlapping'ezitension 5. c, tha em a t s ye t p r b 'bfilfde 5i x ld ngla 11 191 5 and late jportion spaced. parallelism hs'b aks s ii h vin red ed ed rm? i der theover lapp'ing extensions'fi f and may n place;flrossbracketsBfi' are support the ini 31 130 overlap, the reduced vends o "and as. annverlapping. extension 34,

bracket and handles 38 are secured thereto.

Elements 16 and 16 are preferably in the form of elongated bolts having heads 39' at one end and cotter pins 40 at the other end. Obviously by removing the cotter pins, the bolts may be removed and cap plates removed so that the boards may be easily and quickly replaced.

It will further be seen that the structure is decidedly simple, inexpensive to manufacture an d strong ant durable. The present embodiment of the invention has been disclosed in considerable detail merely for the purposes of exemplification, since in actual practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of theinvention and the above description.

It will be apparent that changesin the de-' tails of construction, and in the combinatlon and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its advantages. 7

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new is: 7

1. In combination with the roof of a freight car a plurality of intermediate brackets mounted crosswise thereon in spaced relation,

longitudinal strips mounted on the intermediate brackets, end brackets of greater length than the intermediate brackets each extending to one of the longitudinal sides of the roof and adapted to support one end of the strips, comparatively short strips mounted on the extended portion of the end brackets, supporting legs'on the end brackets, a lateral extension thereon having an upwardly and rearwardly turned channel-forming marginal portion for the reception of the strip ends,

and an upwardly and inwardly directed re taining tongue on one end of the end brackets for-engagement with the upper faces of the comparatively short strips.

2. In combinationwith the roof of a freight car, a plurality of intermediate brackets mounted crosswise thereon in spaced relation to the longitudinal sides thereof, longitudinal strips mounted on the intermediate brackets, and a pair of end brackets of greater length than the intermediate brackets having inclined portions extending to the longitudinal sides of the car, comparatively short strips supported on the inclined port-ions, channelforming flanges on one of the end brackets for the reception of the'ends of the first named strips, and integral inwardly turned elongated tongues extending over the inclined portions for retaining the short strips there- 3. In combination with the roof of a freight car, a plurality of intermediate brackets mounted crosswise thereon in spaced relation,

longitudinal strips mounted on the brackets,

pairs of spaced'bracketsof greater length than the intermediate brackets extending to tively short strips mounted on the inclined portions of the second named brackets, integral supporting legs onthe opposite ends of the second named brackets, and elongated retaining tongues integrally formed on one end vof 'the secondnamed brackets and extending over the inclined portions thereof for retaining the short strips thereon.

In testimony whereof we aliix our signatures. V r y ROBERT W. COE.

MILEB "M. BACON.

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